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Immunohistochemical and Molecular Genetic Evidence for Type IV Collagen α5 Chain Abnormality in the Anterior Lenticonus Associated With Alport Syndrome
1 Jun 2003
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OBJECTIVE: To present evidence for a type IV collagen alpha5 chain (alpha5[IV]) abnormality in the anterior lens capsule of a patient with anterior lenticonus associated with Alport syndrome. METHODS: The anterior lens capsule obtained from a 54-year-old man with anterior lenticonus associated with Alport syndrome was examined ultrastructurally and stained immunohistochemically for the alpha chains of type IV...
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